ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17028
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| Date: | Sunday 13 July 2003 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402C II |
| Owner/operator: | Air Sunshine |
| Registration: | N314AB |
| MSN: | 402C0413 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17589 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520-VB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7,35 nm WNW of Treasure Cay Airport (MYAT) -
 Bahamas
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL/KFLL) |
| Treasure Cay, (MYAT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 13, 2003, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 402C, N314AB, registered to Tropical International Airlines Inc., and operated by Air Sunshine Inc., as Air Sunshine flight 527, was ditched in the Atlantic Ocean about 7.35 nautical miles west-northwest of Treasure Cay Airport (MYAT), Treasure Cay, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, after the in-flight failure of the right engine. Two of the nine passengers sustained no injuries, five passengers and the pilot sustained minor injuries, and one adult and one child passenger died after they evacuated the airplane. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was being operated under the provisions 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as a scheduled international passenger commuter flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to MYAT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on a visual flight rules flight plan.
Probable Cause: the in-flight failure of the right engine and the pilot’s failure to adequately manage the airplane’s performance after the engine failed. The right engine failure resulted from inadequate maintenance that was performed by Air Sunshine’s maintenance personnel during undocumented maintenance. Contributing to the passenger fatalities was the pilot’s failure to provide an emergency briefing after the right engine failed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030718X01141&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 March 1992 | N6786C | Airways International | 0 | Fort Lauderdale, FL |  |
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Images:
(c) NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2008 00:49 | harro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Dec-2017 18:54 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2020 13:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 28-Dec-2020 14:55 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 26-Oct-2021 19:09 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Dec-2021 18:12 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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